LibreOffice 3.3 already promises to be a better and more stable version of OpenOffice.org, but given that less than three months have gone by since the project was announced, it's clear that the changes we see so far are just a first taste of what's to come.

Along with the extensive rewrites being performed on each of the software's major modules, in fact, there's going to be a significant refocusing of the project back onto usability, The Document Foundation has said.

Specifically, LibreOffice aims to let users focus on the contents of their documents rather than having to worry about the mechanics of the software, as steering committee Charles Schulz recently .

In short, LibreOffice promises a more stable,, powerful, compatible and usable office productivity package than its competition. It's also going to be the default in many . I don't know about you, but I think the time has come to take it for a spin.

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